Shaenon: You thought last week's cast pic by Dirk Tiede was awesome? Well, it was. But so is this Oz-themed piece by my dear friend Jason Plumly Thompson! (Note: Jason's middle name is not actually "Plumly.") I think this might be my favorite drawing of Sweetheart ever. Also, I'm fascinated that everyone puts Dr. Lee in the cast pics even though she's been absent from the strip for the better part of a year now. All will fall before her tsundere-style magnetism!

Jason's graphic novel King of RPGs is out from Del Rey in January. And, yes, that's me modeling twelve-sided-die jewelry on the King of RPGs blog. Also keep an eye out for the upcoming graphic-novel collection of Jason's classic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

Huh ... and I just did a "Wizard of Oz" song yesterday. Back to the same well again ...

(TUNE: "We're Off To See The Wizard", Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg)

We're ... On the secret project,The project that's known as Skin Horse!The governmentThis team has sent,And we're here to help, of course!With Wilkin and Sweetheart and Unity,Moustachio and Dr. Lee, We see, we see, we see, we see, we seeeeeee ...How stylin' a guy in a dress can be!(Tweedle-dee-deedle-dee-dee! Hee hee!)We're on the secret project,The project that's known as Skin Horse!

I like how the art style is a cross between how the characters are usually drawn and the original Oz illustrations, although I think Unity would be better cosplaying as the Patchwork Girl, since Ozma and Tiktok are also from later books in the series.

Also, in my defense, I was going for a movie poster of "I Can Fly", thus Dr. Lee was included in a guest starring role. Though, I would have no complaints if she were to become a recurring character, Lupin Madblood style.

Lafing Cat (lafing_cat) says:
So I see this image is named "sh_thompson_small.jpg", might there be a "sh_thompson_large" somewhere?